Finger Lakes Television
3325 Marvin Sands Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Lenore Friend, FLTV, has asked the City Council to support the long-term sustainability of community media. The Community Media Reinvestment Act, a current bill in both the NYS Senate and Assembly, supports the placement of an excise tax on large streaming and satellite corporations with part of the revenue going to Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) community media access centers, like FLTV. Just like cable, streaming services use the public rights of way via fiber to transmit content but are not subject to a franchise fee. This legislation would help local media continue to thrive and provide a more stable revenue stream.
Thompson Health, more specifically M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center (CCC) is answering an RFA for the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program for Capital improvements to their nursing home facility and is requesting support from the City Council for their application. Representatives from Thompson Health will be at the committee meeting. Finance Committee: Dan Unrath, Chair Donna Cator Thomas Lyon Michael Mills
Update on the City’s past DRI efforts and current discussions that are taking place with some of our private and public sector partners.
The City Manager and City Treasurer will provide an update on upcoming projects that are budgeted to be financed and the impact on the Capital Plan. These projects include: North Bloomfield Road, Lakeshore Drive Bridge, Replacement Fire Pumper Truck, and THM Removal System at the Water Treatment Plant.
The 2024 Capital Budget included funding to improve the security at the Old Transfer Station ($150,000 also included culvert replacement) and the Hurley Building ($30,000) facilities. The gates will be powered sliding gates equipped with RFID (EZPass) readers to limit and track access to these facilities with the goal to increase security of these facilities and stop unauthorized illegal dumping at the old transfer station. One bid was received from NYS Fence, Inc. with total costs of $55,800 for the Old Transfer Station and $38,500 for the Hurley Building. It is recommended that $8,500 be transferred from the Old Transfer Station account to the Hurley Building in order to complete both projects. An alternate was also bid to improve security at our Police Impound Lot (unbudgeted) for $18,800 as the gates are in poor condition and the fence is in need for major repairs/replacement. It is recommended that $18,800 be appropriated from the Police Asset Seizure & Forfeiture Reserve to complete the work at the
The 2024 Capital Budget included funding for the installation of a new generator at Fire Station #1 ($34,000). In order to complete the installation of the generators at Fire Station #1 and the Hurley Building, contracted electrical work for materials and installation is necessary along with concrete slab installation for each generator; and total cost is $139,000 which includes $66,000 for the electrical work at Fire Station #1 and $69,000 for the electrical work at the Hurley Building in addition to $4,000 for in-house concrete pad installation.
During the initial development of Factory 243, the City worked with the developer to resolve issues with the stormwater sewer system and alleviate stormwater flooding that had occurred at the intersection of Gorham and Charlotte Streets. The City has continued to address its stormwater and sanitary sewer systems and finds the Gorham and Charlotte Streets in need of infrastructure work to address recent repeated flooding conditions. The City has studied the area and worked to resolve the sanitary sewer issue by lining sanitary sewer pipes, closing illegal sanitary sewer connections and designing and bidding a bypass sanitary sewer (ultimately determined to be infeasible) and a pump station and force-main for Factory 243 lateral. The base bid for this work $237,000. Funds for this project were not specifically budgeted. The City Manager recommends appropriating $240,000 from the Sewer Fund Capital Reserve accounts to the Sewer Fund Capital Budget to cover the project cost.
Finger Lakes Television
3325 Marvin Sands Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
